JP Flores

I am interested in 3D genome organization and data visualization. I’m passionate about innovation in science and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

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Education

PhD Candidate, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

UNC Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

2025 - 2021

  • Graduate Certificate in Innovation for the Public Good
  • Advisor: Doug Phanstiel

BA, Cellular & Molecular Biology (Public Health Minor)

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

2021 - 2017

Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

Phanstiel Lab (UNC-CH School of Medicine)

Chapel Hill, NC

2025 - 2022

  • Using computational and wet-lab techniques to investigate the role of 3D chromatin structure in response to environmental stress
  • Developing a user interface for the R/Bioconductor data visualization package, plotgardener

Undergraduate Researcher

Schulz Lab (Occidental College Department of Biology)

Los Angeles, CA

2021 - 2017

  • Utilize techniques such as DNA isolation, PCR, gel electrophoresis, and HPLC to find medical relevance of venom
  • Conduct fieldwork in Kauai to study and capture venomous cone snails

Professional Experience

Data Science Intern

University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Sorenson Impact Center

Salt Lake City, UT

2021 - 2020

  • Work alongside the data science team to provide customized data analysis for clients, write code, learn best practices around data sharing and security, as well as create data visualizations and dashboards. Familiarity with Tidyverse set of packages within the R programming language.

Student Manager of the Student Coalition for Higher Education

University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Sorenson Impact Center

Salt Lake City, UT

2021 - 2020

  • Manage and engage students in a series of opportunities to inform the work and decisions of higher education professionals and demonstrate a model for IHEs to engage directly with students to develop more equitable, student-centric solutions.

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Teaching Experience

I am passionate about education. I believe that no topic is too complex if the teacher is empathetic and willing to think about new methods of approaching task.

Promoting Inclusivity in the Research Environment

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2024

BCB 723 Statistical Genetics & Genomics

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2023

How to Learn to Code

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2023

WinSpire Dancing with Data!

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2023

WinSpire Digging Deeper

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2023

Academic Support Program for Student-Athletes Tutor

Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost - UNC-CH

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2023

BIO 268 Biostatistics

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2021

Training & Certifications

Effective Mentoring Training

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2022

  • Foundation for developing competencies and skills in effective communication, aligning expectations, assessing progress and understanding, addressing equity and inclusion, fostering independence, cultivating ethical behavior, and being able to articulate a mentoring philosophy to others.

Academic Articles

Advance U.S. international diplomacy efforts by expanding eligibility in the Embassy Science Fellows Program

Journal of Science Policy and Governance

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  • Authored with Rami Major and Rachel Cherney

Non-Academic Articles

Invited Talks

The role of 3D chromatin structure in response to environmental stress

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2023

the people of posit: bringing personality to R packages

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2023

Poster Presentations

Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

UNC 6th Annual Chromatin & Epigenetics Symposium

Chapel Hill, NC

2023

Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

Keystone Symposium: Chromatin Architecture in Human Disease & Development

Victoria, BC

2023

Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

10th Annual Mid-Atlantic PREP & IMSD Research Symposium

Blacksburg, VA

2023

Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

5th Annual Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit Conference for Early Career Scholars

Providence, RI

2023

Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

Duke Biomolecular Condensates Symposium

Durham, NC

2023

From Sequence to Activity: Synthetic Neuroexcitatory Peptides from Fish-Hunting Cone Snails

Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research

San Pedro, CA

2019

From Sequence to Activity: Synthetic Neuroexcitatory Peptides from Fish-Hunting Cone Snails

Society for Intergrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting

Austin, TX

2019

From Sequence to Activity: Synthetic Neuroexcitatory Peptides from Fish-Hunting Cone Snails

Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting

San Diego, CA

2018

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